Darren Cambridge's team worked with the Department of Education to promote the use of networks to support professional learning and the transformative use of technology in the classroom. We led Connected Educators and Future Ready campaigns that took advantage of the Department's bully pulpit and ability to convene the education community, face-to-face and online.
Read MoreThe National Council of Teachers of English Washington office team, under Darren Cambridge's leadership, worked closely with teachers around the country and other organizations that represent them in Washington to advocate for policies that improve conditions for literacy learning. Our work help win authorization of dedicated funding for the comprehensive literacy program we worked with Senator Murray's staff to design in the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 and secure $190 million of funding for it in FY2016.
Read MoreGrounded in the expertise of teachers in the classroom, our Kent D. Williamson Policy and Advocacy Center team synthesized and disseminated promising policy ideas for improving the conditions for literacy learning. Structural Kindness: Essays in Literacy Education in Honor of Kent D. Williamson features contributions by many of the leading voices in literacy today.
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